Patch Highlights

Drums of Rage, new consumable if you're missing heroism: Increases melee, ranged, and spell haste by 30% for all party and raid members. Lasts 40 sec. Allies receiving this effect will become Exhausted and be unable to benefit from Bloodlust, Heroism or Time Warp again for 10 min.The reward from Chapter V of the Wrathion questline is a legendary cloak. Chapter V: Judgment of the Black Prince now reads "Work with Wrathion to create your legendary-quality cloak and complete his quest to defeat Garrosh Hellscream." Based on new spells unearthed today, these capes may be tied to the following unique procs:Essence of Yu'lon: Your damaging attacks have a chance to empower you with the Essence of Yu'lon, causing your next direct damage spell to also burn the target with jade dragonflame, dealing 5000 damage and an additional 30000 damage over 6 sec. This damage also affects other enemies near the burning target.Endurance of Niuzao: The Endurance of Niuzao fully absorbs the damage of one attack that would normally kill you. This effect has a 60 sec cooldown.[spell=146

Orgrimmar on the 5.4 PTR keeps getting more and more changes. In Patch 5.3, the Kor'kron had the troll section on lockdown, and on the PTR, they've extended their influence over even more of the city.

We also have some details on new legendary quests coming in Patch 5.4, which predictably have you spend time in the Siege of Orgrimmar, but also unexpectedly spend some time collecting Timeless Coin on the Timeless Isle, a new zone that's home to an upcoming pet tournament.

Orgrimmar Changes

Check out what's new in our video below by Olivia, or hit the Description tab to read the specifics I've compiled, including a new conversation between Baine and Vol'jin discussing the Siege of Orgrimmar and Garrosh.

Gamon has moved from the Valley of Strength to the Valley of Wisdom. No longer simply cornered by the Kor'kron, he's being held at gunpoint by them.

The Valley of Spirits is still on lockdown by the Kor'kron, who have also begun tormenting vendors in the Valley of Strength. In particular, the goblin bankers are in a fight and several vendors are huddled in the streets.

Following yesterday's datamined 5.4 PTR build, we have the official PTR notes from Blizzard today. Of particular note:To speed up legendary quest progress, The Strength of One's Foes can be completed in Throne of Thunder in 5.4.Any Battle Pet that could be awarded from a Throne of Thunder boss on Raid Finder difficulty, such as Living Sandling, can now be won from a bonus roll, in addition to the standard bonus roll reward.Arena matches that go longer than 15 minutes will now reach a quick end with one team getting hugely buffed with The Crowd Chose You!!!. This is awarded to the team that has the most players alive and has gotten the most players closest to death.Many classes got significant ability and glyph changes:Death Knight: Anti-Magic Zone now reduces magic damage taken in the area-of-effect by 40% for 3 seconds, and the ability no longer scales with strength.Mage: Mastery: Icicles has been redesigned. Fingers of Frost now increases the damage of Ice Lance by an additional 2%, Brain Freeze increases the damage of the instant cast Frostfire Bolt by 2%, and damage done by the Mage's Wa

Today's news roundup takes a look at the first wave of 5.4 Battle Pets in the PTR pet journal, as well as some details behind the upcoming nerf--it's no longer a passive ability and instead has a duration of 15 seconds with a 1.5 minute cooldown.

This is an article from the early 5.4 PTR and some things have changed. Click here for an updated guide.

On the 5.4 PTR, several professions are getting new recipes and vanity items! Engineering has the most interesting things with the return of Pierre, but crafters can make new epics, chefs can make Pandaren Treasure Noodle Cart Kit, and all enchants can be put on heirlooms.